52 BAlAMANBElDa;. 



14. ANAIDES. 



Anaides, Baird, Iconogr. Encyclop. ii. 1849, p. 256 ; Coiie, Pi-oc. Ac. 

 Philad. 1869, p. 109; Strauch, Salam. p. 74. 



Tongue large, attached along the median line, the sides exten- 

 sively free. Palatine teeth in a chevron-shaped series behind the 

 ohoanae ; parasphenoid teeth in an elongate patch. Maxillary and 

 mandibular teeth few in number, compressed, knife-shaped. Toes 

 five. Tail cylindrical. 



Western North America. 



1. Anaides lugnhris. 



Taricha P lugubris, Gray, Cat. p. 26. 

 Ambystoma punctulatum, id. ibid. p. 37. 

 Salamandra lugubris, Sallow. Journ. Ac. Philad. 1848, p. 126. 

 Anaides lugubris, Baird, leonogr. Encycl. n. 1849, p. 256 ; Baird Sf 

 Oir. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1853, p. 302 ; Baird, U.S. Explor. Exped., 

 Berp. pi. i. f. 26-33, and Bep. U.S. Expl. Surv. xiii. part iv. 

 pi. 30. f . 4 ; Cope, Pruc. Ac. Philad. 1869, p. 109 ; Strauch, Salam. 

 p. 75. 



Palatine teeth in two short series obliquely converging and meet- 

 ing behind, not extending outwards beyond the ohoanse; para- 

 sphenoid teeth in an elongate patch, narrowed anteriorly. 10 to 12 

 teeih in the upper jaw, 6 to 10 in the mandible. Head oval, longer 

 than broad, greatest width at temporal regions ; snout narrowed, 

 truncate ; eyes very large, prominent ; interorbital space narrow ; 

 maxillary outline strongly recurved posteriorly, much like what is 

 seen in the Crocodiles. Body somewhat depressed, measuring twice 

 and a half to twice and a third the distance from tip of snout to gular 

 fold. Limbs moderate, meeting when adpressed against the body ; 

 fingers and toes free, dilated at the tips, inner short but well deve- 

 loped ; no carpal or tarsal tubercles. Tail about as long as head and 

 body, cylindrical, slightly compressed towards the end. Anal opening 

 longitudinal, the borders not swollen. Skin smooth ; no parotoids ; 

 a strong gular fold ; thirteen costal grooves. Dark brown or lead- 

 coloured above, yellowish white beneath ; sides and limbs with 

 scattered whitish dots. 



Total length 154 millim. 



From snout to cloaca 76 



Head 17 



Width of head 15 



Fore limb 22 



Hind limb 25 



Tail 78 



Pacific Eegion of North America. 



